- to obtain electrical energy
- to obtain thermal energy
- to obtain bombs
Nuclear energy generated by nuclear fissions of nuclear fuels.
nuclear energy
The heat energy resulting from nuclear fission is used to produce steam that spins the turbine.
The energy is in the form of neutrons. The neutrons are turned into heat energy when they impact in water, and when the heat energy is used to drive turbines the energy is converted into electrical energy.
The difference between Fusion and Fission is that Fission is easier to do and produces more energy than fusion reactions. However fission can be dangerous and is used in Nuclear reactors. Fusion however is safer and produces less energy but safely. It is quite difficult to cause a Fusion reaction however.
Nuclear energy generated by nuclear fissions of nuclear fuels.
Energy produced in the sun arises from nuclear fusion of hydrogen nuclei, whilst nuclear energy used in power plants comes from fission of uranium nuclei. They are very different.
nuclear energy
nuclear energy
Uranium is used to make energy by fission
Thermal energy is produced in the fuel by nuclear fissions.
Nuclear fission is now commercially available in nuclear fission reactors since the fifties of last century. Nuclear Fusion is still under R&D. Nuclear fission reactors are clean energy source.
That released by fission in a nuclear reactor
nuclear fission
The isotope uranium-235 (or uranium-233) under nuclear fission emit the energy of fission. This energy is transformed in heat and electricity.
A fission of energy atoms generating nuclear energy that is used to produce electricity.
The heat energy resulting from nuclear fission is used to produce steam that spins the turbine.